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COFFEE POT.

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JOHN MCANESPEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COFFEE-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 258,786, dated May 30,1882.

Application filed April 5, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoANEsPEY, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Coffee-Pots, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my improvement, taken throughthe line mm, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same, takenthrough the line y y, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to prevent the escape of grounds orsediment when pouring coffee from cofiee-pots.

The invention consists in a coffee-pot made with a body provided with anupright plate finely perforated in its upper part and secured at itsedges to the sides of the pot in such a position as to cover the part ofthe said body through which is formed the perforation leading to thespout, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the body of a cofiee-pot, which is provided with a handle,B, and a spout, O, in the ordinary manner.

D is the cover,which is provided with an in- \vardly-projecting flangeto fit into the mouth ot'the pot A. In the cover D, near its flange, isformed a perforation, E, and to the under side of the cover D isattached a semi-cylindrical keeper, F, which is placed in a radialposition, and inclines upward from its outer to its inner end. In thekeeper F, directly beneath the aperture E, is formed an aperture, G, andwithin the keeper F is placed a ball, H. With this 4oconstruction,whenthecoffee-potisin anupright (No model.)

position the hall H rests in the outer part of the keeper F and closesthe aperture G, so that the aroma of the coffee cannotescape. When thecot'feepot A is inclined forward in pouring out coffee the ball H rollsforward into the forward part of the keeper F, so that air can readilypass through the apertures E G to take the place of the coffee pouredout. In the side of the coffee-pot A, within the inner end of the spoutO, is formed a large aperture, I, through which the codec enters thespout O.

J is a plate of sheet metal, extending from the bottom of the pot Anearly to its top. The plate J is bent at about the same curve as theside of the pot A, and its edges are soldered to the side of the saidpot. The plate J, from about the level of the discharge-aperture I tothe upper end, is finely perforated, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Withthis construction, when the pot A is inclined to pour out oofiee thegrounds are kept back by the solid lower part of the plate J, while thecoffee passes through the perforations of the said plate and then outthrough the aperture I and spout O.

I am aware that it is not new to use a vertical side-perforated tubeattached to the middle of cover to contain the coffee or tea, or tocombine a perforated sheet in the spout with a shelf and superposedperforated cap 5 but What I claim is- A coffee-pot whose body isprovided with a finely-perforated upright plate, J, and the aperture I,leading to the spout, the plate J being solid at its lower part, wherebythe coffeegrounds are kept back and prevented from flowing out with theliquid, as described.

JOHN MCANESPEY.

Witnesses:

ELLEN MoANEsPEY, EDMOND J. MCANESPEY.

